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Showing posts with label Folk Art. Show all posts
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Tuesday, July 12, 2011

American Folk Art Museum ~ NYC ~ Part 2

The Show Continues...

Note: Ann has asked, "Where is the
museum relocating to?"  Actually, the
American Folk Art Museum has had
two locations.  Their smaller space at
Lincoln Square in NYC will remain open.
Great that we will still have an opportunity
to view folk art but sad that we will have
less space to view it. ~ Ellen


Soldier's Quilt
Probably US, Canada or
Great Britian.  1854 - 1890


Double Wedding Ring
1930 - 1940


Log Cabin Quilt,
Courthouse Steps Variation
NYC, 1890 - 1910
Thought to be made by a man,
a tailor, with the scraps from
coat linings.


Log Cabin Throw,
Light and Dark Variation
Harriet Rutter Eagleston
NYC, 1874 - 1880


Sarah Ann Garges
Applique Bedcover
Doylestown, PA 1853


Centennial Quilt
Possibly Gertrude Knappenburger
Possibly Emmaus, PA.  Dated 1876


Whig Rose Quilt with
Swag & Tassle Border
United States, 1850 -1860


Hawaiian Flag Quilt
Mother of Minna Ferguson
Hawaii, 1860 - 1870


Variable Stars Quilt
United States, 1880 - 1900


S. H. Crazy Quilt
United States, 1885 - 1895


Baltimore Style Album
Quilt Top
Baltimore


Presentation Quilt for
William A. Sargent
London, New Hampshire


Friendship Star Quilt
Philadelphia, 1844


Light from Far-Away Space
Setsuko Obi, Toyko, 2001


Log Cabin Quilt
Barn Raising Variation
Lydia Peachy
Pennsylvania, 1890 - 1900


As the American Folk Art Museum
closed its doors on its main location,
as an American Folk Artist, I was
glad I could be there to kiss it goodbye.

Just another reminder to Support the Arts!


Monday, July 11, 2011

The American Folk Art Museum ~ NYC ~ Part 1

Saying goodbye to an old friend...


On Friday July 8th, the American
Folk Art Museum in New York
City closed its doors on its
main 53rd Street location.


I was there to view the paintings
and whimsical pieces of folk art,
but mainly, I was there to see the
quilts.  For those of you who
couldn't be there, here they are...


Center Star Quilt
1815 - 1825, glazed wool,
New England


Detail of Whole Cloth Quilt


Pots of Flowers Stenciled Spread
This type of spread was made
primarily in NY State and New
England.  Since the dyes were
not colorfast, they were not
laundered.


Detail of above.


Carpenter's Wheel
Pennsylvania, 1835 - 1845


Feathered Stars Quilt
1850 - 1860
This style of blue and white
quilt may have been influenced
by woven coverlets of the time.


English Flower Garden Quilt
Jennie Pingrey
Kansas, 1930 - 1935


Tree of Life
Cut-Out Chintz Quilt
Maine, 1925 - 1935


Grover Cleveland Quilt
New York State


Doll Quilts
Doll quilts were made by
children learning to sew.


Dresden Plate Quilt
United States, 1930 - 1940


Pieties Quilt
New York, 1848
Marion Cadman Hubbard
Aged 79


Embroidered Double Wedding
Ring Quilt
1930 - 1940


Detail of above.

Check back tomorrow for
Part 2 of the show.